Joint fusion surgery waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital
Half of patients at Royal Adelaide Hospital waited 116 days or less for joint fusion surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthrodesis". This public hospital is in the Adelaide area of South Australia.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 116 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 51 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 15 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 65 days in 2018–19 to 116 days in 2024–25 — up 78% — while the national median rose from 111 days to 158 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 555 km away, at 109 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthrodesis" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | 116 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 29 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 110 days | 16.2% | 334 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 158 days | 19.3% | 1563 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 158 days marks the national median.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 6 km away: 248 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 555 km away: 109 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 629 km away: 213 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 654 km away: 177 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 656 km away: 45 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 656 km away: 57 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 658 km away: 10 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 659 km away: 62 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Adelaide Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 101 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 105 |
| 2018–19 | 65 | not published | 111 |
| 2019–20 | 131 | not published | 107 |
| 2020–21 | 141 | not published | 182 |
| 2021–22 | 388 | not published | 185 |
| 2022–23 | 146 | not published | 203 |
| 2023–24 | 132 | not published | 171 |
| 2024–25 | 116 | not published | 158 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Adelaide Hospital · Joint fusion surgery across Australia · Joint fusion surgery in South Australia · All surgery waits in South Australia